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2025 Movies

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2025

12 December 2025

Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2025, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

  1. The Life of Chuck
    Mike Flanagan
  2. One Battle After Another
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  3. Sentimental Value
    Joachim Trier
  4. Orwell: 2+2=5
    Raoul Peck
  5. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
  6. Holding Liat
    Brandon Kramer
  7. In Waves and War
    Jon Shenk & Bonni Cohen
  8. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
    Scott Cooper
  9. Sinners
    Ryan Coogler
  10. Hamnet
    Chloé Zhao

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